ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51953
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:08 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK773 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 10 km E of Hoorn, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AF from Leeuwarden airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Vlieland-West (at 00:07). Both claims confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: MG-T
Takeoff time: 22:15
Crew:
Pilot P/O. W. Holden J/17213 RCAF Bergen NH 2 E 27 Washed up near Hoogkarspel on 20 May 43
Flight engineer Sgt. R.W. Conuel 571115 RAF Amsterdam 69 C 7
Navigator Sgt. A.J. Phillips 1313665 RAF Runnymede Memorial
Bomb aimer Sgt. T.W. Hunt 1585820 RAF Bergen NH 2 E 18 Washed up near Hoorn on 27 May 43
Wireless op Sgt. J. Avery 1063033 RAF Runnymede Memorial
Air gunner Sgt. J.B.J. Hook 1602507 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 13
Air gunner Sgt. P.E.C. Flood 1321784 RAF Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2267&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-May-2018 07:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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